Ted Seymour - Explorations of Truth
Over the years, I’ve regularly had to come face to face with my tendency for addiction to technology. Facebook, Instagram and digital games all have had their way with me. Mobile phones and other devices are insidious little creatures, worming their way in through my eyes and affixing themselves to the more easily seduced parts […]
Over the past several months, I have been playing with making positive changes in my life. In the process, I’ve learned a lot about habits, both positive and negative, and how to alter them. It is important when establishing new habits to make a commitment for a limited time. Open ended commitments are almost always […]
As humans we naturally want to make changes in our lives, yet we often fail in manifesting those changes because we simply haven’t created the necessary holding space wherein those changes can occur. It’s useless, for example, to try to learn to play the piano unless we give ourselves the time and space to practice. […]
from http://letterboxcity.com In our lives, we seem to have lots of moods that have incredible power over us – now I’m angry, now heavy, now lazy, now being hard on myself, now gregarious, now cranky, now afraid. Although moods naturally come and go, I’m noticing something that is rather obvious – our moods significantly impact […]
This technological age is really messing with our capacity to be present to our own lives and we all seem to be unaware of it. In my opinion, we are actually forfeiting the vibrancy of our lives in favor of digital/visual distraction. Over the past several years, I’ve paid attention to my experience of awareness […]
I just spent 5 days backpacking by myself in what is referred to as “The Lost Coast” of California. It’s a very rugged and beautiful section of coastline where Hwy 1 diverges from the coast. You get in there on an unmarked nicely rutted road. Once in about 6 miles, you can camp there or […]
I noticed something very interesting yesterday. For the first time since I’ve been back in the US, I started feeling disconnected. I went to a meditation group, talk and dinner that my Zen friend Robert holds on Thursdays, and I found that not only was my sitting very scattered, which is in contrast to some […]